WinME on 80GB hard drive?

I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it.

I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the
details or where I read it.

If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning
the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk with
the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit?

Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use)
PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything
up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or
better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by
partitioning with PM?

Win Me has not 64GB drive limit although some motherboards have limits with
some being unable to access drives larger than 8GB with an overlay whilst
others have a limit of 32GB. Win Me does however have a limit of around
137GB. I would recommend that you use FCHK but ensure you use the version
supplied with Win Me rather than that from earlier 9x operating systems as
some have much lower drive size limits.
--
Mike Maltby



Old Geezer wrote:

I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it.

I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember
the details or where I read it.

If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by
partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do
this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the
same limit?

Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use)
PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw
anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be
possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover
the entire HD by partitioning with PM?

OK, Mike, thanks.

The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new.

Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK?


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Win Me has not 64GB drive limit although some motherboards have limits
with
some being unable to access drives larger than 8GB with an overlay whilst
others have a limit of 32GB. Win Me does however have a limit of around
137GB. I would recommend that you use FCHK but ensure you use the version
supplied with Win Me rather than that from earlier 9x operating systems as
some have much lower drive size limits.
--
Mike Maltby



Old Geezer wrote:

I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it.

I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember
the details or where I read it.

If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by
partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do
this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the
same limit?

Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use)
PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw
anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be
possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover
the entire HD by partitioning with PM?

Sorry about the brainf$$t. Yes, I meant to type fdisk. :-) What's worse is
that I know I've made the same mistake on at least a couple of other occasions
recently.
--
Mike Maltby



Old Geezer wrote:

OK, Mike, thanks.

The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new.

Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK?

Poor thing......old age has its drawbacks.......LOL!!

The Registry Ditz.....

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the brainf$$t. Yes, I meant to type fdisk. :-) What's worse
is
that I know I've made the same mistake on at least a couple of other
occasions
recently.
--
Mike Maltby



Old Geezer wrote:

OK, Mike, thanks.

The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new.

Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK?

Heather,

Unfortunately its not just old age. :-(
--
Mike M


Heather wrote:

Poor thing......old age has its drawbacks.......LOL!!

The Registry Ditz.....

"Old Geezer" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it.

I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the
details or where I read it.

If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning
the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk
with
the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit?

Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use)
PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything
up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or
better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by
partitioning with PM?

You can download partitioning and formatting software from your hard disk's
manufacturer's web site to put onto a floppy and use that to format and
partition your HD. It's free and very user friendly.

Alias

"Alias" wrote in message
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"Old Geezer" escribió en el mensaje
...
I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it.

I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the
details or where I read it.

If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by
partitioning
the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk
with
the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit?

Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use)
PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw
anything
up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible
(and/or
better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by
partitioning with PM?

You can download partitioning and formatting software from your hard
disk's
manufacturer's web site to put onto a floppy and use that to format and
partition your HD. It's free and very user friendly.

Good idea. The 80GB drive is a Maxtor and came with a CD with such software.
I've gotten software with hard drives before, but always ignored it and just
used Fdisk etc. to do the job, because looking at the supplied software
didn't impress me much. But that was some time ago, it's probably much
better software now, and I will use it.

Thanks.

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the brainf$$t. Yes, I meant to type fdisk. :-) What's worse
is
that I know I've made the same mistake on at least a couple of other
occasions
recently.

Doesn't everybody do that? I do, and I hope it's not just you and me. :-)

O.G.


--
Mike Maltby



Old Geezer wrote:

OK, Mike, thanks.

The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new.

Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK?

"Old Geezer" wrote

"Alias" wrote

"Old Geezer" escribió
I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it.

I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember
the
details or where I read it.

If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by
partitioning
the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk
with
the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit?

Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use)
PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw
anything
up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible
(and/or
better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by
partitioning with PM?

You can download partitioning and formatting software from your hard
disk's
manufacturer's web site to put onto a floppy and use that to format and
partition your HD. It's free and very user friendly.

Good idea. The 80GB drive is a Maxtor and came with a CD with such
software.
I've gotten software with hard drives before, but always ignored it and
just
used Fdisk etc. to do the job, because looking at the supplied software
didn't impress me much. But that was some time ago, it's probably much
better software now, and I will use it.

Thanks.

Let me know how you like it.

Alias